Seven nights of Olympics coverage gave NBC the top six shows in the week’s Households ratings, but Tuesday was beaten by “American Idol” on Fox and had to settle for 8th place. In the big money 18-49 demo, Tuesday’s Idol was #1 and Wednesday tied for 5th, with NBC’s Olytmpics claiming the rest of the top nine.
NBC averaged a 14.1 rating and 23 share in Households, with Fox well back at 5.0/8, then CBS 4.9/8, ABC 4.0/6, Univision 1.9/3, CW 0.9/1, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In 18-49 NBC was at 6.7/18, with Fox 3.2/9, ABC 2.1/6, CBS 2.0/5, Univision 1.5/4, CW 0.6/2, TeleFutura and Telemundo 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0. By the way, NBC has now moved to 3rd place in 18-49 for the season-to-date, ahead of ABC, on the strength of the Olympics.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows:
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 2/15/10 – 2/21/10 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
1 |
WNTR OLYM WED PRIME 1(S) |
NBC |
16.7 |
27 |
29416 |
2 |
WNTR OLYM SAT PRIME 2(S) |
NBC |
14.7 |
26 |
26668 |
3 |
WNTR OLYM THU PRIME 1(S) |
NBC |
14.5 |
24 |
24782 |
4 |
WNTR OLYM MON PRIME 1(S) |
NBC |
14.2 |
22 |
25224 |
5 |
WNTR OLYM FRI PRIME 1(S) |
NBC |
13.4 |
23 |
23304 |
6 |
WNTR OLYM SUN PRIME 2(S) |
NBC |
13.2 |
21 |
23294 |
7 |
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY |
FOX |
13.1 |
20 |
23922 |
8 |
WNTR OLYM TUE PRIME 1(S) |
NBC |
12.2 |
19 |
20330 |
9 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
10.6 |
16 |
18629 |
10 |
UNDERCOVER BOSS |
CBS |
8.0 |
12 |
13763 |
11 |
NCIS |
CBS |
7.6 |
11 |
11656 |
12 |
BACHELOR, THE |
ABC |
7.3 |
11 |
11532 |
13 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
7.2 |
12 |
11360 |
14 |
SURVIVOR: HEROES-VILLAINS |
CBS |
6.9 |
11 |
11972 |
14 |
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES |
ABC |
6.9 |
10 |
10924 |
16 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
6.7 |
10 |
10614 |
17 |
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM |
ABC |
6.6 |
10 |
10273 |
18 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
6.2 |
9 |
10086 |
19 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
5.9 |
9 |
9132 |
20 |
MENTALIST, THE-9PM SPCL(S) |
CBS |
5.7 |
9 |
8811 |
20 |
LOST |
ABC |
5.7 |
8 |
9819 |
Source: The Nielsen Company